Bobs buds and bees

[twobitbob]

Morning, I am beginning a journal to help me keep track of what I do and it will be nice to hear other ideas from experienced growers/breeders. I try to take good notes but of course somethings go unwritten.

 

[twobitbob]

Three freebie feminized Unicorn shoes Celeste
Each one is a little different, one is stocky bushy started flower a couple days before the others, The middle one is more similar to the bush, and the lighter green one is a week behind starting flower, different growth and bigger a different Pheno, I've been calling her Mom's Shoes, My mom planted that seed.

 

[twobitbob]

These pics were taken on last months full moon or right after.
The full moon triggered stretch.

Unicorn Shoes (Universally Seeded) :: Cannabis Strain Info

Unicorn Shoes is a cross between Unicorn Sherbert x Cement Shoes. Unicorn Sherbert （Sherbert x Kurple Fantasy） is a powerful cannabis strain with high THC content and sedative effects. Both mental and physical, more potent that Sunset Sherbert ...

en.seedfinder.eu

Im not sure how accurate this site is but I Like using it.

 

[twobitbob]

I started 3 Willams wonder and 2 RomulanxMatanuskaTF/NL5 both AK bean brains

Two in the back are Williams Wonder F4
one is a male I'm pretty sure I already culled one Wonder male and one Romulan cross
The bigger one in the middle is RomulanxMatanuskaTF/NL5

Unicorn shoe Clones in the far 5 gal pots are the middle outdoor stretcher

Moms shoes on the left, Bushy on the right


Moms shoes middle you can see the light green shade It has been like that since poppin
middle stretch far pot, Bushy close tan pot

The clones rooted well, the only problem I've had is dealing With thrips since I brought them from outside, I knew it was a risk but I wanted to try crossing these with the Williams male, I like the way they are growing right now, can't wait to smoke some.

All of these pots are hand mixed peat moss compost coco pumice perlite rice hulls and amendments

 

[twobitbob]

The bees love the fermented extracts whenever I water with it they fly right to the pots and start drinking out of them
A lot of beekeepers add Bee health to the syrup when they feed, it has essential oils and Lacto Bacillus in it
so I believe they are getting some good stuff out of the pots
Its so much fun watching them, they buzz around me when I'm watering saying thanks.

 

[twobitbob]

Mom's Shoes

 

[twobitbob]

middle stretcher

 

[twobitbob]

the smaller stocky bush
I think this one will play well with Williams Wonder

 

[Fiddler's Green]

Great work amigo, those are some happy plants

 

[Opie1]

Really neat way of supporting your plants man, I bet that works really nice

 

[H.A.F.]

Nice stuff, but I think you're gonna have trouble putting the cover on that hoop-house

 

[twobitbob]

Thanks for the comments everyone,
@Fiddler's Green
@Opie1
@H.A.F. haha yes it is a small hoop house I had used for Pepper plants I wasn't using but it is working well with the net, I didn't know how big they were going to get. They also have a small cage in there that you can't see.
I am going to be putting a hoop house type structure over them. It got down to 34 the other night/morning, so pretty cold, I was shaking them off so the frost wouldn't form in the morning, they slowed down the last couple days but, nice weather again, hopefully they take off and finish like champs.

 

[H.A.F.]

Thanks for the comments everyone,
@Fiddler's Green
@Opie1
@H.A.F. haha yes it is a small hoop house I had used for Pepper plants I wasn't using but it is working well with the net, I didn't know how big they were going to get. They also have a small cage in there that you can't see.
I am going to be putting a hoop house type structure over them. It got down to 34 the other night/morning, so pretty cold, I was shaking them off so the frost wouldn't form in the morning, they slowed down the last couple days but, nice weather again, hopefully they take off and finish like champs.

I was teasing, it's an awesome idea for an outside scrog.

 

[twobitbob]

I caught the tease, thanks I do like to use the hoop houses. This one is only three feet tall, next year I plan to make some maybe 6 ft tall or so, hoop house in the spring net when they grow through it. We have a short season, I would have like to have been more prepared...

 

[twobitbob]

First picture is after the rain, 2nd is a couple days later

 

[twobitbob]

The bees do collect stuff sometimes, I seen them collecting on the underside of the leaves the last couple weeks, I think they were getting the leaf trichomes for their propolis

 

[twobitbob]

The romulan cross is doing well, the clones are catching up enough to start flower soon.

 

[treefarmercharlie]

The bees do collect stuff sometimes, I seen them collecting on the underside of the leaves the last couple weeks, I think they were getting the leaf trichomes for their propolis

Can they actually use it for honey? I thought they only used nectar for that but I know very little about that.

 

[twobitbob]

@TreeFarmerCharlie
I don’t think cannabis flowers produce nectar, or do they?
I have noticed them collecting on the underside of the leaves maybe collecting waxy cuticles or leaf trichomes or both
She was rubbing her legs together on the bud so maybe she was collecting trichomes, I’m not sure. Maybe I should catch one and look at it through a loupe.
They collect pollen by rubbing their legs together into balls of pollen
My best guess is that they are using it for their propolis

 

[treefarmercharlie]

@TreeFarmerCharlie
I don’t think cannabis flowers produce nectar, or do they?
I have noticed them collecting on the underside of the leaves maybe collecting waxy cuticles or leaf trichomes or both
She was rubbing her legs together on the bud so maybe she was collecting trichomes, I’m not sure. Maybe I should catch one and look at it through a loupe.
They collect pollen by rubbing their legs together into balls of pollen
My best guess is that they are using it for their propolis

I don’t think cannabis flowers produce nectar. It’s interesting though.